Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The Women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 6 August with the heats and the semifinals and 7 August with the final.[1]

Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Medallists
Dates6 August (heats and semifinals)
7 August (final)
Competitors50 from 42 nations
Winning time2:21.15
Medalists
gold medal    Japan
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Spain
bronze medal    Denmark
bronze medal    China
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Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record   Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN) 2:19.11 Barcelona, Spain 1 August 2013
Competition record   Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN) 2:19.11 Barcelona, Spain 1 August 2013

Results

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Heats

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The heats were held at 10:11.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Kanako Watanabe   Japan 2:23.29 Q
2 4 3 Micah Lawrence   United States 2:23.32 Q
3 4 7 Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir   Iceland 2:23.54 Q, NR
4 3 1 Fanny Lecluyse   Belgium 2:23.77 Q, NR
5 5 3 Viktoriya Zeynep Gunes   Turkey 2:23.81 Q
6 5 4 Rikke Møller Pedersen   Denmark 2:23.90 Q
7 5 2 Jessica Vall   Spain 2:23.97 Q
8 4 6 Vitalina Simonova   Russia 2:23.99 Q
9 4 5 Taylor McKeown   Australia 2:24.02 Q
10 5 5 Shi Jinglin   China 2:24.09 Q
11 3 3 Kierra Smith   Canada 2:24.12 Q
12 5 6 Tessa Wallace   Australia 2:24.88 Q
13 5 7 Marina García Urzainqui   Spain 2:25.32 Q
14 5 8 Vanessa Grimberg   Germany 2:25.74 Q
15 3 4 Rie Kaneto   Japan 2:25.75 Q
16 5 1 Jenna Laukkanen   Finland 2:25.91 Q, NR
17 3 5 Yuliya Yefimova   Russia 2:26.11
18 3 6 Molly Renshaw   Great Britain 2:26.32
19 4 2 Breeja Larson   United States 2:26.38
20 3 7 Ilaria Scarcella   Italy 2:26.40
21 3 2 Martha McCabe   Canada 2:26.51
22 5 0 Martina Moravčíková   Czech Republic 2:28.41
23 4 1 Zhang Xinyu   China 2:28.57
24 3 9 Tanja Šmid   Slovenia 2:28.64
25 3 8 Yang Ji-won   South Korea 2:29.24
26 4 9 Julia Sebastian   Argentina 2:29.28
26 5 9 Anna Sztankovics   Hungary 2:29.28
28 2 7 Ana Radić   Croatia 2:29.71
29 3 0 Fiona Doyle   Ireland 2:29.77 NR
30 1 6 Daniela Carrillo   Mexico 2:30.65
31 2 8 Maria Romanjuk   Estonia 2:31.37 NR
32 2 5 Raminta Dvariškytė   Lithuania 2:31.74
33 4 0 Jung Seul-ki   South Korea 2:31.85
34 2 0 Mercedes Toledo   Venezuela 2:32.69 NR
35 2 3 Victoria Kaminskaya   Portugal 2:33.73
36 1 3 Samantha Yeo   Singapore 2:33.85
37 2 2 Aļona Ribakova   Latvia 2:34.69
38 2 6 Phiangkhwan Pawapotako   Thailand 2:34.77
39 1 5 Daniela Lindemeier   Namibia 2:35.17
40 2 1 Jovana Bogdanović   Serbia 2:35.88
41 4 8 Anastasiya Malyavina   Ukraine 2:36.49
42 2 4 Dariya Talanova   Kyrgyzstan 2:37.04
43 1 4 Lin Pei-wun   Chinese Taipei 2:39.19
44 1 2 Mihaela Bat   Moldova 2:40.57
45 2 9 Sin Jin-hui   North Korea 2:41.41
46 1 0 Tilka Paljk   Zambia 2:55.98
47 1 1 Pilar Shimizu   Guam 2:56.47
48 1 8 Anum Bandey   Pakistan 2:58.10
49 1 7 Nooran Ba Matraf   Yemen 3:07.78
50 1 9 Sajina Aishath   Maldives 3:16.50

Semifinals

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The semifinals were held at 17:51.[3]

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Rikke Møller Pedersen   Denmark 2:21.99 Q
2 4 Micah Lawrence   United States 2:22.04 Q
3 6 Vitalina Simonova   Russia 2:22.72 Q
4 2 Shi Jinglin   China 2:23.06 QSO
5 5 Fanny Lecluyse   Belgium 2:23.83
6 7 Tessa Wallace   Australia 2:24.68
7 1 Vanessa Grimberg   Germany 2:25.36
8 8 Jenna Laukkanen   Finland 2:25.45 NR

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Kanako Watanabe   Japan 2:22.15 Q
2 7 Kierra Smith   Canada 2:22.82 Q
3 8 Rie Kaneto   Japan 2:22.88 Q
4 6 Jessica Vall   Spain 2:22.90 Q
5 5 Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir   Iceland 2:23.06 QSO, NR
6 3 Viktoriya Zeynep Gunes   Turkey 2:24.01
7 2 Taylor McKeown   Australia 2:24.41
8 1 Marina García Urzainqui   Spain 2:25.52

Swim-off

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Swim-off

The swim-off was held at 19:43.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Shi Jinglin   China 2:23.75 Q
2 5 Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir   Iceland 2:25.11

Final

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The final was held at 18:25.[5]

 
Watanabe before her final
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Kanako Watanabe   Japan 2:21.15
  5 Micah Lawrence   United States 2:22.44
  1 Jessica Vall   Spain 2:22.76
  4 Rikke Møller Pedersen   Denmark 2:22.76
  8 Shi Jinglin   China 2:22.76
6 7 Rie Kaneto   Japan 2:23.19
7 6 Vitalina Simonova   Russia 2:23.59
8 2 Kierra Smith   Canada 2:23.61

References

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